In one day I managed to knock off another two firsts!!!!
The leaves.......I have so missed the fall and the leaves turning color since I moved south. I have NOT missed raking the leaves once they have fallen. In fact, that was the one job we had to do each year that I hated. When we first moved to Pearl River, it was a fun family event. We would rake the leaves into big piles in front of the house and would take turns diving into them or doing somersaults into them. Even my Mom and Dad would take their turns. The first home I owned in Pearl River had between 20-30 trees on it so you can imagine the amount of leaves I am talking about. We had neighbors would would pretty much run out and catch each leaf as it fell from the trees so their lawn always looked pristine. The Pizzolongo approach was a little different.......wait until every damn leaf was off the trees and then rake them on to sheets and drag them to the road. If it had rained before we got to rake them it was even worse. Some times my brother's could get a hold of a leaf blower and that was great.
My first fall In SC, I asked a coworker when the leaves would change. She looked at me and laughed and said "you missed it". It was around Thanksgiving and it had happened without the vibrant colors I had come to know.
Jenn and I had talked the last few years about going up to North Carolina to the Blue Ridge Parkway to see the leaves that had turned color. Yesterday, we finally made the trip to Asheville. First we stopped at the Biltmore. It was built by the Vanderbilts. It is the largest single family residence in the country. We were going to go and see it but the $60 ticket price each made us decide against it. We did go into the Biltmore Village to shop. The village is where the workers and crafts people who worked on the estate lived.
Next, the leaves. We headed to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was surprised the part we drove was only one lane in each direction. It was a very curvy road!! There were look out points along the way. The views from them were amazing!!! The mountains and valleys and colors in every hue. I had found autumn......and the beauty of this time of year. Jenn and I continued to point out trees to each other as if we had never seen a red or gold or orange or yellow leaf before....LOL.
Ok now to end the confusion about the "cheese" as part of this entry....LOL
Ok first let me say "I am a cheeseoholic!!!" If I was told I could only each one kind of food for the rest of my life I would choose cheese. My sister has promised when I die and am going to be cremated....she is going to throw a piece of cheese in the casket so I can go out of this life as a grilled cheese!!!! I have not tasted many kinds of cheese I do not like.
Oh but about the first with cheese......
I have really been following Weight Watchers very strictly and have been doing better than I have my last few attempts. Well as most of your know cheese it not really a good option and on Weight Watchers it is high in points so I am really cutting back on it...sob sob....
I am too embarrassed to tell you how much cheese I used to buy each week or eat each week for that matter. But no more!!! No I haven't given up cheese totally but I am really eating just a fraction of what I did before.....that is huge for me!!!!
Oh but about the first......ready....drum roll......I bought some sliced cheddar cheese a few weeks ago (maybe longer than that).....and had to throw it out. I pulled it out of the deli bag and yuk.......it had gone bad it the best way to say it and not make anyone sick.....it could have been used for penicillin.
This is a BIG victory for me.......I have never thrown out cheese before....ever.......another WW NSV (non-scale victory)!!!!!
While I do not have a picture of the nasty cheese....LOL.....
I do have a picture of some of the leaves we saw on our ride yesterday.....this was not in the Blue Ridge Parkway but in the way to Asheville. Jenn will be sharing some of her pictures from the BRP on FB.
So Happy Fall to All and Farewell to the Cheese!!!!
See you next week!!!!
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